Carnivorous Plants 



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Contents 



Chapter VIII: DROSOPHYLLUM LUSITANICUM 



Occurrence . . 

 Habitat . . . 

 Appearance . . 

 Habit . . . , 

 Leaf 



Form . . . 



CircinatioD . 



Marcescence 



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Glands loo 



Structure loo 



Secretion loi 



Digestion 102 



Cytology 103 



Recent work 103 



QUINTANILHA I04 



Literature 105 



Chapter IX: PINGUICULA 



Geographical distribution 106 



Appearance 106 



Habitat 106 



Leaves 107 



Glands 107 



Structure 107 



Darwin's studies 107 



Movements 108 



Secretion; Digestion 109 



Uses of leaves 112 



Literature 114 



Chapter X: DROSERA 



Species iiS 



Number 115 



Distribution 115 



Habitat 115 



Form, habit 116 



Leaf-roots 117 



Leaf 



Unfolding movements 117 



Form 117 



Anatomy 118 



Starch content 119 



Tentacles 120 



Glands of 121 



Development of 123 



Function of parts 124 



Sessile glands 125 



Function of 126 



Absorption, Locus of 127 



Reproduction 129 



Seed 129 



Tubers 130 



Gemmae 131 



Leaf buds 131 



Condition for incidence 133 



Polarity 134 



Carnivory 13S 



Early observation 13S 



Mucilage 136 



Locus of secretion 137 



Movements :- 



Tentacles 138 



Leaf-blade 138 



Direction of bending 139 



Duration of response 139 



Leaf -blade and stimulus 140 



Stimulus 



Path of 140 



Intensity of (Darwin) 140 



Nature of stimulant 141 



Tentacles 142 



Mechanism of movement 142 



Specificity of reaction 143 



Aggregation: Darwin, C 145 



i5arwin, F., Gardiner 146 



De Vries 147 



Akerman 148 



coelingh 149 



Janson 151 



Homes 152 



Cytoplasm and nucleus 156 



Digestion, enzymes 158 



Carnivory, significance of 162 



Literature 165 



Chapter XI: CARNIVOROUS FUNGI 



Zoophagy (Cordyceps) 169 



Earliest discovery by Zopf 169 



Loop snares :- 



Swelling 170 



Adhesive 171 



Eel-bob snare :- 



Zoophagus, Sommerstorffia 171 



Gicklhorn's studies 172 



Capture of rhizopods by:- 



Adhesive alone 173 



Adhesive organs 173 



Literature 175 



